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Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2018
NYT: Facebook APIs gave device makers deep access to user data. FB disagrees

  Facebook APIs granted access to the data belonging to FB users to more than 60 device makers, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, and Samsung so that they could implement Facebook messaging functions. After the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, Facebook is now facing new problems because it is accused of sharing user data with over 60 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2018
Secret Conversation – Twitter is testing End-to-End Encryption for direct messages

A security researcher found evidence that Twitter is testing a new feature, dubbed ‘Secret Conversation,’ to enable end-to-end encryption for its Direct Messages, Twitter plans to adopt end-to-end encryption for its Direct Messages, the company is currently testing its new service dubbed ‘Secret Conversation’. The discovery was made by the computer science student at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2018
Twitter urges its 330 million users to change passwords after bug exposed them in plain text

Twitter is urging all of its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a bug exposed them in plain text on internal systems. Twitter is urging its users to immediately change their passwords after a glitch caused some of them to be stored in plain text. We are sharing this information to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2018
Cambridge Analytica is shutting down after Facebook privacy scandal, is it true?

Cambridge Analytica, the commercial data analytics company at the centre of the Facebook privacy scandal, is ceasing all operations. Cambridge Analytica, the commercial data analytics company at the centre of the Facebook privacy scandal, is ceasing all operations. The commercial data analytics company Cambridge Analytica that was the protagonist of the biggest privacy scandal of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2018
FacexWorm targets cryptocurrency users and spreads through Facebook Messenger

Social networks could be a privileged attack vector to rapidly spread a malware to a huge audience, FacexWorm targets cryptocurrency users by spreading through Facebook Messenger. Social networks could be a privileged attack vector to rapidly spread a malware to a huge audience. In the last hours, a new threat is spreading through leveraging an apparently […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2018
WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum to leave Facebook amid privacy concerns

Jan Koum, one of the WhatsApp founders, reportedly plans to leave the company in the wake of increasing concerns about Facebook’s approach to users’ privacy. Jan Koum, the co-founder of WhatsApp, reportedly plans to leave the company in the wake of increasing concerns about Facebook’s privacy policy. “It is time for me to move on . […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2018
Ops … Why is Facebook interested in my culinary tastes on Faasos portal?

During checkout from faasos, I observed that there are several requests going to Facebook, which carries your Faasos details without user’s consent. I reported the issue to Facebook that closed my report saying: “Unfortunately what you have described is not currently covered by this program, We will follow up with you regarding any questions we may […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2018
Twitter bans Kaspersky from advertising its products through its platform

Twitter bans Kaspersky Lab from advertising its solutions on the platform citing DHS ban for its alleged ties with the Russian intelligence. Twitter bans Kaspersky Lab from advertising on its platform citing DHS ban for its alleged ties with Russian intelligence agencies. “At the end of January of this year, Twitter unexpectedly informed us about […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2018
A flaw in LinkedIn feature allowed user data harvesting

The researcher Jack Cable (18) has discovered a vulnerability in LinkedIn, the AutoFill functionality, that allowed user data harvesting. While experts and people are discussing the Cambridge Analytica case another disconcerting case made the headlines, the private intelligence agency LocalBlox has left unsecured online an AWS bucket containing 48 million records that were also harvested from Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2018
Probably you ignore that Facebook also tracks non-users across the web

Facebook explained how it is tracking Non-Users across the Internet and for which purposes it is using their metadata. Facebook is still in the middle of a storm for its conduct and the way it approached the privacy of its users after the Cambridge Analytica case. Now Facebook is under scrutiny after Zuckerberg testified in front […]

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